WWE Smackdown TV rating: Final numbers for the Extreme Rules go-home show

Friday's WWE Smackdown television show drew a 1.78 rating, down from the 1.86 rating the show drew the previous week. Smackdown averaged 2.435 million viewers, down from 2.533 million the prior week. [Thanks to Dot Net reader Darius Malcisky]

Powell's POV: This is the lowest rating of the year for Smackdown. It performed well in the 18-34 demographic, but the overall rating is weak, especially considering there was no NBA competition or other notable special event programming on cable on Friday night.